On Fri, 14 Oct 2011 16:58:01 -0400, "Scout"
wrote:

True, but unless they are a major player, then the PCs they build up from
components probably are never counted. Certainly I know several people that
build computer systems on the side, and I'm quite certain they have never
reported their sales volume to any researchers or poll takers. I suppose if
one were to count motherboard sales and/or CPU sales one might be able to
get a better calculation, but I don't see any indication that is a
consideration since they only seem to count system sales and then only from
the major players.

They do track motherboard sales and CPU sales. It may seem that
they aren't included because they are in the "other" category.

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